Biography

BIOGRAPHY

Yetur Gross-Matos was born February 26, 1998, in Spotsylvania, Virginia. He is a defensive end in the NFL.

As a true freshman in 2017, Gross-Matos played in all 13 games and had 17 tackles and 1.5 sacks. As a sophomore in 2018, he started all 13 games and had 54 tackles and eight sacks. After a junior year with 14 tackles for loss and 9.5 sacks, Gross-Matos decided to forgo his senior year and declared for the 2020 NFL Draft. Gross-Matos was selected by the Carolina Panthers with the 38th overall pick in the second round of the 2020 NFL Draft. He was the second defensive end taken behind Chase Young. In Week 4 against the Arizona Cardinals, Gross-Matos recorded his first career sack, a strip-sack on Kyler Murray which was recovered by the Panthers, during the 31–21 win. He suffered an ankle injury in Week 5 and was placed on injured reserve on October 16, 2020. He was activated on November 7, 2020, prior to Week 9. He was placed on the reserve/COVID-19 list by the team on November 30, 2020, and activated on December 10.